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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 22, 2016Ochiltree County, Roberts County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2016, 7:55 PM CDT for Ochiltree County, Roberts County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 22, 2016, 7:55 PM CDT (00:55 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2016, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 22, 8:45 PM CDT	TORNADO	11 Sse Wolf Creek Park, TX	CONE TORNADO REPORTED BECOMING RAIN WRAPPED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 22, 2:48 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 123 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2186 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1794 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 5.7

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The text

As transmitted.

851 
WFUS54 KAMA 230055
TORAMA
TXC357-393-230145-
/O.NEW.KAMA.TO.W.0019.160523T0055Z-160523T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
755 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ROBERTS COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN OCHILTREE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
    
* AT 753 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOLF CREEK PARK...OR 20 MILES
  SOUTH OF PERRYTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHEASTERN ROBERTS AND SOUTHEASTERN OCHILTREE COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3576 10069 3606 10089 3621 10081 3613 10054
      3590 10054
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 298DEG 9KT 3610 10078 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

MJG

1 follow-up statement

197 
WWUS54 KAMA 230121
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
821 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

TXC357-393-230145-
/O.CON.KAMA.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160523T0145Z/
ROBERTS TX-OCHILTREE TX-
821 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN ROBERTS AND SOUTHEASTERN OCHILTREE COUNTIES...
    
AT 820 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF WOLF CREEK PARK...OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST
OF CANADIAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN ROBERTS AND SOUTHEASTERN OCHILTREE COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

&&

LAT...LON 3576 10069 3608 10079 3618 10074 3613 10054
      3590 10054
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 296DEG 15KT 3604 10066 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

MJG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 7:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Donley, Gray	3 hr
May 22, 7:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	AMA	Ochiltree	33 min
May 22, 8:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Armstrong	26 min
May 22, 8:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Collingsworth	3 hr
May 22, 8:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Ochiltree	3 hr
May 22, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Ochiltree	37 min
May 22, 8:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Donley	3 hr
May 22, 8:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	AMA	Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts	27 min
May 22, 8:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Collingsworth	3 hr
May 22, 8:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Donley	3 hr
May 22, 9:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Roberts	37 min
May 22, 9:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Collingsworth	3 hr
May 22, 9:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Ochiltree	29 min
May 22, 9:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Ochiltree, Roberts	3 hr
May 22, 10:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Lipscomb	48 min
May 23, 3:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley	12 hr
May 23, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley	67 min
May 23, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Collingsworth	47 min
May 23, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley, Gray	64 min
May 23, 6:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Donley	23 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.